Zonotriche inamoena (K.Schum.) Clayton

Tufted perennial; culms 60–150 cm. high.. Leaf-blades 20–60 cm. long, 3–11 mm. wide.. Panicle linear to lanceolate, 10–25 cm. long, the triads deciduous.. Spikelets narrowly lanceolate, 10–15(–19) mm. long, light brown, the lower glume densely villous with tubercle-based golden-brown hairs; lower glume 2/3 to about as long as the spikelet; upper glume as long as the spikelet; upper lemma 5–7 mm. long, villous all over or glabrous on the back with villous margins, the lateral lobes produced into bristles 1–3(–6) mm. long, very rarely muticous; central awn 9–18 mm. long; callus broader than long; palea-keels wingless.. Caryopsis hairy on top.